Origin and popularity of the name ARMSTRONG
Origin
Armstrong : 1: English and Scottish (mainly Northumberland and the Scottish Borders): nickname from Middle English arm + strang for someone who was ‘strong in the arm’.2: Irish (Ulster): adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Labhradha Tréan ‘strong O'Lavery’ or Mac Thréinfhir literally ‘son of the strong man’.
Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
FANBI : The Oxford Dictionary if Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ©2016, University of the West of England
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